"Steve Holden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: > > "Steve Holden" <ste...web.com> wrote: > > > >> religious issues for me. It's more like "This problem has a cross head, > >> so I'll need a Philips screwdriver". > > > > As long as it is not a Pozidrive, that is a commendable attitude. > > > I said cross head, not Pozidriv (tm). But then I have been nown to use a > Manchester screwdriver[1] on occasion.
Philistine! But in a way, it is more honest than the Free State method of tightening a bolt- You tighten enthusiastically until it strips, then go a quarter turn back to undo the damage. BTW, in case you have been wondering - a Free State Micrometer is a plumber's adjustable pipe wrench. - Hendrik -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
